Dying To Sleep

This is what it feels like
When your lover keeps you down
This is what it sounds like
When pieces hit the ground
This is what it tastes like
Choking on your dreams
This is what it looks like
When nothing's what it seems.

And all this wasted time
Spent dying to sleep
Only to find
It was never yours to keep.

This is what it feels like
In the absence of space
This is what it sounds like
In your empty embrace
This is what it tastes like
When I swallow your blades
This is what it looks like
When tenderness fades.

And all the world closes her eyes
To the mirror
And every day the consequence draws
A little nearer.

This is what it feels like
When your lover lets you down
This is what it sounds like
When love hits the ground
This is what it tastes like
Choking on bitter wrongs
This is what it looks like
When you find out just where your heart belongs.